Grin and Bear It (Song)

Good things must come to an end

So you can pick up the pieces and begin again

And you can live life to its fullest potential

Knowing there’s something new around the bend

And you can smile

When you look back at all of the lessons you’ve learned

So why don’t you smile

And laugh and cry and live

A heartbeat goes up, up and down

And there’s nothing in life that cannot turn around

So be happy for the things that you’ve got

And don’t worry about the things you haven’t found

And you can smile

When you look back at all of the lessons you’ve learned

So why don’t you smile

And laugh and cry and live

(2011)

My Love Was a Dream (Song)

Alone in the wilderness

Far from the sea

It was dark to the eye

And scary for me

So I knelt down and prayed

I was so very afraid

Let God take away my fear

On that ground I stayed

Slept on through the night

Waked to a glittering light

It was the sun on the sea

I knew then I’d be alright

I was surrounded by angels galore

Yet my heart yearned for more

It was then I saw her watching me from the shore

She was someone I’d seen

Her eyes blue her dress green

Her hair was black as night

Face the brightest I’ve ever seen

I began to shake

And my heart began to ache

She was here in my dream

But then I awake

I wish I could slumber

From morning until night

Never feel alone

Or that awful fright

But in the morning I wake

And sooner or later I might be

Alone in the wilderness

I was far from the sea

It was dark to the eye

And scary for me

So I knelt down and prayed

I was so very afraid

Let God take away my fear

On that ground I stayed

(2006)

True Friendship

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 Friends will be friends forever

‘til the night ceases to dawn

They will hate each other never

Cannot bicker long

Today I tell you this

You must not forget

If someone you do miss

Be happy that you met

Sometimes it’s hard to say

Love isn’t clear as day

True friends will never leave

You have to believe

They may be half the world apart

But they will care for you from the start

Never will they go

Ask them. They will know

They know your deepest desires

They’ve seen your darkest fears

To them you are a fire

Your love, it sears

Scars you may have given them

But two things they won’t forget

The fact that you love them

And the day you met

(2004)

The Tiniest Bead

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Although in winter’s day we sit

And talk of stories yet untold

Of friends and foes we have not met

Of life and future to unfold

When waiting storm begins attack

And sitting there we are afraid

Of howling winds upon our back

We pay a debt that’s yet unpaid

Of house and home and family naught

The sea has claimed all these to it

Without a chance we stood and fought

But win the sea would not permit

But now that all of us are gone

And you were not completely right

To say that what we did was wrong

To stand pig-headed and to fight

Now with the generations past

So that our children won’t forget

While growing up so strong, so fast

The ancestors they never met

We always dream of what’s to come

And with this dream we become hooked

Although we think that we have none

These simple pleasures overlooked

Of life and love we have a lot

But to this we have no regard

What we need is not sold or bought

Its only found if we look hard

Just live the life that you have now

The future will be what it wants

Just remember to take your bow

And to make your dreams more than thoughts

From deep within ourselves we need

To find the peace the world can give

As small as the tiniest bead

It is all we need to live

(2004)

On Rhyme

I have heard many a time

That poetry should be in rhyme

But how can this be, the words you see

Must be selected one at a time

But of this I do not fret

For I do now make this bet

That free verse when used instead of rhyme

Will not be a crime

Although the first I prefer

Your style of writing do not deter

For what comes from the heart, must be a part

Of any poem I refer

(2005)

The Race

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The water is cold

A mighty clamp

To you it holds

Wet and damp

Adrenaline surge!

The mighty chase

You have the urge

To make the race

Flip! And Push!

You’re out of the flags

Your legs and tush

Feel like heavy bags

You’re almost there

The wall’s in sight

He won’t dare

Come up on the right

Slap! The wall

Grip it tight

You hope that all

Has ended right

Point of View

Terrorist or Patriot?

Point of view makes a difference

Euthanasia or putting an end to misery?

Think about it.

Human life is short

A minute in the life of the Earth

Don’t always be a judge rather

Live, live YOUR life, not theirs

You may still disagree with some things

But never jump to conclusions

Capital punishment or torture?

It’s not easy is it?

(2005)